Kenji Mizoguchi (ζΊε£ ε₯δΊ, Mizoguchi Kenji; 16 May 1898 β 24 August 1956) was a Japanese filmmaker who directed roughly one hundred films during his career between 1923 and 1956. His most acclaimed works include The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums (1939), The Life of Oharu (1952), Ugetsu (1953), and Sansho the Bailiff (1954), with the latter three...